Provides a overview of the processes and procedures associated with developing, maintaining, and evaluating a media center; and describes the resources that make up a traditional school center.

Rev. ed. of: The collection program in schools / Phyllis J. Van Orden and Kay Bishop ; with the assistance of Patricia Pawelak-Kort. 3rd. ed. 2001

The collection -- Collection development -- Community analysis and needs assessment -- The media center program -- Policies and procedures -- Selection -- General selection criteria -- Criteria by format -- Acquisitions and processing -- Maintenance and preservation -- Circulation and promotion of the collection -- Evaluation of the collection -- Ethical issues and the collection -- The curriculum -- Special groups of students -- Fiscal issues relating to the collection -- Opening, moving, or closing the collection.